Age Recommendation
This production is recommended for ages 8+.
Concert Hall, QPAC
14 - 15 Mar 2025
$80 - $140
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1 hour 5 minutes
(no interval, subject to change without notice)
QSO Barber & Prokofiev
Setting the stage for the 2025 Maestro Season, Barber & Prokofiev offers up three daring works, each different and powerful.
You know you’re in for a ride when there’s a work called Speed on the program. This pulse-racing music from Matthew Hindson was composed in the ‘90s, reflecting our fast-paced modern world. But if you think life was wild back then, imagine how you’ll connect with Speed today. It’s the perfect soundtrack to your 21st-Century brain, brought to life by one of Australia’s most distinguished composers.
Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto will draw you back to earth – that is, until you’re transported by the skills of Canadian soloist James Ehnes. Conductor Jessica Cottis will then lead our world-class orchestra through a mighty performance of Prokofiev’s 5th Symphony. He wrote it back in the 1940s, and it still holds up as a celebration of human strength and spirit – qualities we may all find within ourselves.
Program
Hindson Speed
Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 (first movement only)
Hindson Speed
Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
Artists
Jessica Cottis
Conductor
James Ehnes
Violin
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
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